From: Rocco Rutte <pdmef@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:42:31 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Clarify documentation for $config_charset.
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9bb87bfcc8d7bb0d07b47a556decfb262c86cfec;p=mutt

Clarify documentation for $config_charset.
Closes #2021.
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diff --git a/init.h b/init.h
index a257b438..41dd8b6c 100644
--- a/init.h
+++ b/init.h
@@ -374,8 +374,15 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
   /*
   ** .pp
   ** When defined, Mutt will recode commands in rc files from this
-  ** encoding to the current character set and aliases written to
-  ** $$alias_file from the current character set.
+  ** encoding to the current character set as specified by $$charset
+  ** and aliases written to $$alias_file from the current character set.
+  ** .pp
+  ** Please note that if setting $$charset it must be done before
+  ** setting $$config_charset.
+  ** .pp
+  ** Recoding should be avoided as it may render unconvertable
+  ** characters as question marks which can lead to undesired
+  ** side effects (for example in regular expressions).
   */
   { "confirmappend",	DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTCONFIRMAPPEND, 1 },
   /*